#8D8561#8D8561

#8D8561 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.052 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8561
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 18%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 31%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 31.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -2.89, 20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 20.74, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.0064 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.052 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5299, 23.3014, 14.6704)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8561 #61698D

analogous

#8D6F61 #8D8561 #7F8D61

triadic

#8D8561 #618D85 #85618D

tetradic

#8D8561 #618D6F #61698D #8D617F

square

#8D8561 #618D6F #61698D #8D617F

split-complementary

#8D8561 #617F8D #6F618D

monochromatic

#44412F #696348 #8D8561 #A9A282 #C2BDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8D8561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8D8561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8561

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8561	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C835F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.052 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa88e',
    500: '#8d8561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8561;
$custom-light: #afa88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 18.487,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61436,
    "c": 0.05194,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8561

secondary

#999DB1

accent

#7BBB6D

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8561

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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